Tragedy strikes SXSW

March 13, 2014 |mySA.com and San Antonio Express-News

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Austin Police Chief address the media during a news conference on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Austin, Texas. A suspected drunken driver barreled through police barricades and drove down a crowded street at the South by Southwest festival early Thursday morning, killing two people and injuring 23 in an act authorities say was intentional. The driver struck multiple pedestrians at about 12:30 a.m. on a block filled with concertgoers, continued down the street and hit and killed a man from the Netherlands on a bicycle and a woman from Austin on a moped, Acevedo said.

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Austin Police Chief address the media during a news conference on Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Austin, Texas. A suspected drunken driver barreled through police barricades and drove down a crowded street at the South by Southwest festival early Thursday morning, killing two people and injuring 23 in an act authorities say was intentional. The driver struck multiple pedestrians at about 12:30 a.m. on a block filled with concertgoers, continued down the street and hit and killed a man from the Netherlands on a bicycle and a woman from Austin on a moped, Acevedo said.